NSA detention of notable youth leader crushed by Guwahati HC
NSA detention of notable youth leader crushed by Guwahati HC
Itanagar: The Itanagar Permanent Bench of the Guwahati High Court, UPIA, has quashed the detention order of Ngwazosa Yobin, a prominent youth leader of Vijayanagar in Changlang district, who was held under the National Security Act (NSA).
The court’s order, dated December 21 and cited as WP(C)12 (AP)/2023, mandated Yobin’s immediate release from Changlang Sub Jail.
In the custody order issued on August 30, Ubin was accused of organizing a meeting on June 4, 2023 at Gandhigram, where he allegedly incited people to destroy the infrastructure ofthe forest department on June 5, 2023 on Miao Vijaynagar Road. had incited people to destroy the infrastructure of
On that day, a group of about 100-140 men and women set fire to various structures belonging to the Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve at Mile 40.
Yobin faced charges of intimidating the state government and the national park authority on multiple occasions, particularly concerning the boundary demarcation of Namdapha National Park.
Asserting the area as ancestral land of the Yobin community, he had reportedly threatened similar actions against any government facilities established within the park.
The youth leader was initially arrested on June 12 by the Miao police on charges including sections 120 (B), 447, 427, 392, 186, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Although he secured bail on August 30, he was subsequently detained under the NSA on the same day.
The Guwahati High Court, in its order, highlighted that the decision to impugn the August 30 detention order was based on the lack of a “live link or nexus” between Yobin’s activities, including past actions, and the immediate necessity for his detention under the NSA.
The court asserted that the activities attributed to Yobin did not appear to prejudicially affect the security of the state or the maintenance of public order, characterizing them instead as issues of ‘law and order’ that could be adequately addressed within the existing legal framework.
